Although the DOE denies the existence of a curve on the MCAS test, it is a normed test in that it references back to a normative group. According to the DOE, ?The standard scoring system was developed in August of 1998 when 200 panelists … [Read more...]
Archives for June 8, 2007
My letter to Senate President Therese Murray
Dear Senate President Murray,I am urging you to kill the vote on the same-sex marriage amendment on June 14th. I am urging you to kill it for good, and not just postpone it. This issue has taken over my life for the past four years. I have … [Read more...]
“Cape Wind” author blogs
Wendy Williams, co-author of the recently released "Cape Wind -- Money, Celebrity, Class, Politics, and the Battle for Our Energy Future on Nantucket Sound", has a blog. Check it out.It's amusing to see how much the righties (Hannity, … [Read more...]
Keller Calls Out Patrick on MCAS
Good for John Keller, who called out Governor Patrick today for appointing anti-education anti-MCAS zealot Ruth Kaplan to the state Board of Ed. As Keller points out, tests were a valuable part of the education Patrick received at Milton … [Read more...]
MoveOn vs. The Worst Idea of All Time (or at least one of them)
Some people in Congress -- including, shamefully, Barack Obama -- think it would be a great idea for taxpayers to subsidize "Coal to Liquid" technologies that would belch forth massive amounts of CO2 -- and rip apart the earth while we're … [Read more...]
Tort Reform Zealot Robert Bork Sues the Yale Club for $1M
File under hypocrite. Judge Robert Bork filed a personal injury action and is seeking a million dollars in compensatory damages PLUS punitive damages from a fall at the Yale Club where he was scheduled to speak. The WSJ Law Blog … [Read more...]
Is Barack Obama the New Howard Dean?
I noticed today that the Obama campaign, alone among Republican or Democratic candidates, has created an Obama application for Facebook: "The Obama application puts the most recent campaign video and news on your profile and in front of … [Read more...]
Utterly indefensible
There is simply no rational way to defend firing this man from the Navy because of his sexual orientation. None.The lack of qualified translators has been a pressing issue for some time -- the Army had filled only half its authorized … [Read more...]
Governor Patrick update: more good news
Governor Patrick continues to do the right thing in various ways.Patrick will march in Boston's gay pride parade. An excellent move -- and, apparently, a first for a sitting Massachusetts Governor. With the June 14 ConCon fast … [Read more...]
Close Corporate Tax Loopholes to Boost Growth says MBPC
The Center examined whether states that have adopted "combined reporting" as a method of closing corporate tax loopholes have experienced weaker economic growth than those states that have not. "The examination finds no such evidence as: … [Read more...]